Rescue from Mud

I paid £700.80 for 4 Michelin Agilis 215/70 R15C Cross Climate Camping tyres with the 3PMSF M+S markings on 15th August.  Sounds like I got a good price from my local suppliers, Tollgate Tyres in Bury St. Edmunds - the price included fitting and disposal of the old tyres.

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Getting stuck is a hazard if music festivals,  they should have someone available with a tractor to tow  people who get stuck if the weather is wet. We have been stuck a few times at festivals in our motorhome (FWD and standards tyres)

We have saved getting stuck a few times by parking with the front of the van in the direction you will need to move off in, preferably downhill. We have also got some plastic square grids that are for putting on top of rhe grass and we drive onto these to prevent the wheels sinking during the stay. If you can get moving have a chance of getting out. We also put  the grip mats in front of the driven wheels to drive on as we move off.

This sort of thing, https://shop.gtprospect.co.uk/lawn-parking-grids/2-plastic-paving-grid-grass-grid.html

My tyres are due to be changed and I'm pondering whether to be fairly conventional and go for Conti Vanco All Season or get down and dirty with BF Goodrich All Terrains.

Michelin Cross Climates work well for us. Of course you could always go for true mud pluggers which seem to do a wonderful job of aerating soft ground 😉.

PPS you have it made in your area as Micheledever Tyres is not that far away. As suppliers to the trade their prices are normally very competitive.

 

If looking for Michelin Cross Climates, Costco (there is one in Southampton on the BAT site) often have offers on. £100 off 4 tyres is common.

Micheldever are no longer competitive, certainly not in this area ie nearest large town to them. Most local tyre places will price match or beat online prices. Ive been using our local tyre & mot centre for non Michelin for over 20 years.

Oooooohtubers  Extreme Motorhoming, with a Carthago used a place in Reading that changed wheels and tyres to chunky all terrains. Several others are going for chunky tyres run at lower pressures

I have a set similar to >these< but a much older version. No struggling to fit onto the drive wheels and because they roll up, they are easy to store in a locker. I have never had to use them on my current twin rear wheeled van but they have extracted my last van on a couple of occasions and I still carry them.

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